Katie Birkwood

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Woe.

I know one of those inspirational cyclists. And she is mega cool. ☺️

#BookHistory gang, I *need* you to act.

There had been one of an entire #ItsyBitsyGutenberg shop in 2022 and we didn't get it to the required number of votes 😭

Two Working LEGO Printing Presses | LEGO® Ideas The development of mechanical printing changed how ideas move through the world. Once text and images could be printed rather than copied by hand, knowledge was…

Hi #EarlyModern Bluesky - did you know that someone brilliant has built working printing presses using Lego and they are trying to get enough supporters so that Lego will release it as a kit?

They look so cool!

beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

I hate this.

Just saw a store advertising with the slogan “wellness is the new luxury,” which really says the quiet part out loud huh

I have a colleague who used to work there, but I'm not going to ask her early on a Saturday morning not least because they made her redundant in a really shit move a while back :(

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@onslies.bsky.social Would you know of a list like this?

YouTube video by The Bibliographical Society Bibliographical Society - Winter Virtual Visit - Vatican Apostolic Library

The video from our Winter Virtual Visit to the Vatican Apostolic Library is now available on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/qFpVFbd7PSk

Q: What do you call a Mercian king who has reduced his prices?
A: Special Offa

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Our next door chopped theirs back significantly to make room for a sort-of gazebo over their hot tub.

Don't be fooled by the appearances! At first glance, these look like early printed books, but it is an ingenious chest of drawers. Has anyone seen this elsewhere?

@hookland.bsky.social

The dentures pizza has strong that-one-publicity-shot-of-Threads vibes.

You writing 'bubblebath' in association with screenshots of that vintage has given me the strongest sense memory of the M&S bubblebath I used to buy my mum.

So relieved you've heard from them. May it be over very very soon.

That horn entry's pretty unmissable. (And I checked the alt text.)

How appropriate, given the mountain England will have to climb shortly...

Resharing this fundraiser that has two weeks to get another £1,300. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-save-...

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OH NO! (I'm drooling a bit thinking about it too.)

A sound choice! Hope you're not too tired to enjoy it.

Just been putting together the nerdiest background music playlist for this. Join us for a mix of 17th century English music. And books.

A political politician? Whatever next?!

Never could get the hang of Thursdays.

[We see a close up of a young white male, tanned, white teeth, coiffed hair clearly an influencer on social media. It is an image such as you see when social media posts are shown on the news. In the corner of the screen is named a location: DUBAI. He is staring slightly off-camera for several silent panels of the comic strip. His eyes move slightly. He is having a thought.] From off-screen a newsreader’s commentary comes: NEWSREADER: Extraordinary images here of an expat in Dubai [The influencer’s eybrows raise slightly] …Having their first ever geopolitical thought. [CUT TO a BBC news scene. The BBC newsreader CLIVE MYRIE is talking to an interviewee next to the screen showing the social media influencer’s face. The interviewee’s name is David Jones]. CLIVE MYRIE: To explain the significance of this moment we’re joined by David Jones, our Expat Thoughts correspondent DAVID JONES: Clive, this is momentous It was caught on film at the end of an Instagram post titled: ‘Dubai Is Brilliant’. [Pointing at the screen, the influencer’s expression still the same] You can clearly see in the eyebrows here, the dawning realisation that there *might* be something in the world beyond his dickhead self. It marks a *huge* departure from all the Dubai Expat’s previous thoughts. CLIVE MYRIE: Which are…? DAVID JONES: You've Got To Get Yourself Out Here Mate, Everything Is So Clean, I Don't Have To Pay Taxes, I Am Incurious As To Why I Do Not Have To Pay Taxes, and Spa. CLIVE MYRIE: And might we see an expansion of these new Thoughts in coming days? DAVID JONES: I think we can expect to see: “I Deserve To Be Airlifted By A Country I Pay No Tax To” CLIVE MYRIE: Mmm. [Ends]

Chocolate chip pupper!

HURRAH